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Qinhuangdao Beidaihe Airport is an airport currently under construction in the city of Qinhuangdao

Qinhuangdao

Qinhuangdao is a port city in northeastern Hebei province of North China. It is about 300 km east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea....

, Hebei Province, China

China

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. The airport is located in Changli County

Changli County

Changli County is a county of Hebei, China. It is under the administration of the Qinhuangdao city.Changli is one of the largest of China's winemaking districts, with 80 per cent of the county's tillable land used for growing Cabernet Sauvignon grapes...

, 47 kilometers from the city center and 34 kilometers from Beidaihe

Beidaihe

Beidaihe District is a district in Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province on the coast of the Bohai Sea in North China. It has an area of 70.14 square kilometers and a population of 66,000. is also known as a birding haven. The Beidaihe Beach Resort stretches 10 km from east to west, from...

. It is due to replace the dual-use military and civil Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport

Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport

Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport is a dual-use military and civilian airport serving the city of Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province, China. It is due to be replaced in 2012 by the Qinhuangdao Beidaihe Airport currently under construction....

as the main airport serving Qinhuangdao. Construction started in late 2010 with an investment of 850 million yuan and the airport is expected to be open before summer 2013.

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